The kind of day that dreams are made of…. Imagine waking up to this view… After an comfy and warm night, the lake was mirror calm. We lay in bed watching the colours change as the sun rose. Then it was out of bed and straight into the lake for a blissful swim. One of… Read more

We beat the heat this morning with a few quick climbs at Gaillands before Nick’s taxi arrived to get him back to the airport. It was way too hot to set off anywhere in the afternoon, so we waited until evening before setting off on a little bivi adventure along the famous ‘Balcon Sud’ foot… Read more

Felt a bit of a Chamonix amateur this morning, as our best laid plans had not accounted for several thousand tourists getting in our way! After a leisurely start, we pack bags and walked over to the Midi lift hoping to get whisked up to the high mountains. Unfortunately, there was an enormous queue packed… Read more

Breakfast at 5am and on the move by half past. It was a dull and murky dawn, which had me a little worried at first. The moon was doing it’s best to make an appearance though, which indicated that there wan’t too much cloud off the summits. We followed the Tour Glacier upwards and into… Read more

There’s some hot weather on the way, so Nick and I went straight to the closest crag in the valley, to climb a few routes before it became too hot to do so. The cliffs a Gaillands are only a five minute drive away, so we climbed a three pitch route and a further one… Read more

Out of bed and straight up to 2525m! But this time with nothing in the way of physical effort. We went lightweight with small rucksacks, intent on climbing as much rock as possible before the last lift back down to the valley. The temperature was perfect, allowing us to be in t-shirts all day. Warm… Read more